For this project, I decided to to make a bucket of crabs into a clock.
To start the clock off I rolled a couple slabs. I then measured and cut symmetrical pieces to make the vertical pieces of the bucket. I placed them around a roll of paper towels to get a perfect circle. I then took a skinnier long strip of clay to hold the vertical pieces together and make it look like a bucket.
I then made the crabs to put in the bucket. I used the needle point tool to carve the claws.
To get the crabs to sit in the bucket I cut a circular piece and made clay projections on the inside of the bucket to hold the crabs up and allow a way to get to the clock parts in case batteries need to be changed.
I then made the box of old spice and the two mallets as decoration.
After everything dried completely, I glazed the crabs an d painted everything else to complete the project.